Jesus After the Gospels: The Christ of the Second Century

This study first examines the New Testament origins of second-century thinking: the humanity of Christ in biblical Christology, including the infancy narratives and the divinity of Christ. The book then deals with Gnostic Christologies of the early second century, interprets the christological thinking of the apostolic fathers and Justin Martyr, discusses the Jewish Christian Christology of Theophilus, shows how disagreements were dealt within developing concepts of orthodoxy versus heresy, and explores how Irenaeus's Christology was worked out as a basis for molding an orthodox consensus. The book shows early attempts to synthesize diverse strands in the Gospel portraits of Jesus.

Author: Robert M. Grant
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 03/01/1990
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.05w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9780664221881

About the Author
Grant, Robert M.: - Robert M. Grant is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School in Chicago, Illinois. He is a renowned authority on the history of early Christianity.